TCAN Gallery

Group Analogous
Warren Buzzell, Ralph Claflin, Steve Gildea, Andy Syrbick

December 6, 1999 through January 2, 2000
Reception:December 11, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Click detail for full frame reproduction		Artists' Statements
Warren Buzzell Voyage #235	Warren Buzzell Voyage #172	Warren Buzzell Warren Buzzell's collages invite the viewer to have complete freedom in making the work become a very personal visual experience. The artists is inspired by the graphic qualities of certain materials and likes the challenge of making something happen using the collage medium.
Ralph Claflin The Venerable Bede Celebrates Easter Sunrise	Ralph Claflin Burial Ship at Sutton Hoo	Ralph Claflin Subject matter is of great importance to me. I like to take an oblique look at medieval history, sometimes to bring into the present an event that has become obscure with the passage of time. Some of my works are concerned with revealing tragic mistakes made in the past, trying in some small way to right a wrong.
Steve Gildea Dragonfly	Steve Gildea Butterfly and Berries	Steve Gildea My first college major was aerospace engineering. Though I eventually took up the study of fine art, technology, astronomy and flight have always informed my work. In recent years, computer graphics have been my primary medium though I still find time for studies in oil as well. The 3D computer pieces in this show are somewhat influenced by a recent visit to Japan and the traditional Japanese art I encountered there.
Andy Syrbick Dilpha I	Andy Syrbick Muffin Tin	Andy Syrbick What fascinates me the most about art is color and its expressive potential. I've experimented with various types of forms, structures, and formats, 2 and 3-dimensional, to see how these might affect our perception of color. I'm after a fresh look at the "real" nature of colors, free of associations and preconceptions. A big problem for me in painting is overcoming the dominant role that form plays over color. In a sense, we seem programmed for seeing the form and its outline more than (and at the expense of ) seeing the color. My use of a system of optical blending of color (and form) is an attempt to create an ambiguity of form for the purpose of shifting focus away from form towards color.

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